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Michael D. Shellenberger (born June 16, 1971) is an American author and journalist who writes on a wide range of topics including free speech, homelessness, and the environment. He is the first endowed professor at the University of Austin , serving as CBR Chair of Politics, Censorship, and Free Speech. [ 1 ]
The first half of Break Through is a criticism of the green "politics of limits". The book begins with the birth of environmentalism. Nordhaus and Shellenberger argue that environmentalism in the U.S. emerged from post-war affluence, which they argue is a clue to understanding how ecological movements might emerge in places like China and India.
In 2007, Nordhaus and Shellenberger published their book Break Through: From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility. The book argues for a "post-environmental" politics that abandons the environmentalist focus on nature protection for a new focus on technological innovation to create a new, stronger U.S. economy.
Several reviewers have criticized Shellenberger's views on the causes of homelessness [4] and raised issues with where the book casts blame. [5] [6]Benjamin Schneider, writing in the San Francisco Examiner, described the book's thesis as "[P]rogressives have embraced 'victimology,' a belief system wherein society’s downtrodden are subject to no rules or consequences for their actions.
In 1943 both buildings were sold to the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, and were converted for the use of the Immaculate Conception Church, founded in 1855, as a sanctuary and Clergy House. [4] The buildings were designated a New York City landmark in 1966, [5] and were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
Shellenberger is a surname of German origin. Its German spelling is Schellenberger. Notable people with the surname include: Allen Shellenberger (1969–2009), American rock drummer; Betty Shellenberger (1921–2019), American field hockey player and coach; John S. Shellenberger (1839–1911), American Civil War Medal of Honor recipient
“The immaculate disinflation continues,” said Ronald Temple, chief market strategist at Lazard, an asset management and financial advisory firm that manages $194 billion. And stocks responded ...
Constellations: An International Journal of Critical and Democratic Theory is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal of critical post-Marxist and democratic theory and successor of Praxis International.